Example sentences of "[vb base] they [vb mod] [adv] do " in BNC.
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1 | Pity they ca n't do inside as well ! |
2 | pity they could nt do that vs Scum … maybe Leeeee Sharpeeeee took robins aside for a quick trip before the match ? ? |
3 | And what really bothers me is when people say they ca n't do anything about it . |
4 | I 'm saying this because GCSE includes a section on improvisation , and a lot of teachers ca n't do it ; they say they ca n't do it … |
5 | because , you know , erm , most kids these days , especially by the time they 're nine or ten , they 're used to having their own pocket money , and then you , and they say they ca n't do any maths at all , and you say well , if you had a fifty pence and you bought something for twenty four , how much change ? |
6 | And they can do maths , they just , it 's just that when you call it maths they say they ca n't do it . |
7 | The police say they can only do their job if that information 's kept secret . |
8 | See look they ca n't do it . |
9 | Apart from Steve , I do n't think there appeared to be anyone who turned round and said look they could n't do it . |
10 | ‘ Thing is , Barbs barged in at an inconvenient moment when my brothers were moving some stuff into my place , and they came over all paranoid and looked at her very old-fashioned , and while I know they would n't do anything to her , now she 's gone missing I ca n't help wondering . |
11 | Oh , I , well I never like so , even now I 'm paranoid about it , its like a couple of times I do n't know how I slept a wink , and these people are the people I trust because you do n't want I know they wo n't do it on purpose , but I know , have seen what I 'm |
12 | ‘ It 's the same when you dream about people doing things that you know they 'd never do in real life . ’ |
13 | Only it may feel like such a disaster that , that they feel they ca n't do anything about it , er but you 're saying that that is n't , is n't necessarily the case ? |
14 | Let me just point out to you that last year if you remember they asked you to describe the the passage where Jesus is crucified , that 's 1521 to 31 and I guess they wo n't do that again this year , but they 're likely to pick on a significant passage , significant section then you 're asked to relate it relate the passage at the end of Mark 's Gospel where Jesus is crucified . |
15 | I mean they ai n't sort of I mean what they could force you to do if they really , I mean they would never do that but what they could force you to do or Les to do would be to check with all those people who I 've actually sort of made payments to , to make sure that I have . |
16 | They say government cutbacks mean they ca n't do the job properly . |
17 | America has got to do that , Russia is broken up so it 's lesser than it is , in fact it 's going down , if only they 'd look , but you see they ca n't do it now without outside help . |
18 | Yeah but see they ca n't do that with you cos you 're not selling a house . |